BBC’s top 100 books (2003) – progress

I have been a bookworm ever since I was a little girl. Growing up in rural New Zealand, the pace of life was good but slow, and whenever we were bored, my parents encouraged us to pick up a book.

In fact they pretty well turned us into reading monsters. What it did though was create children who weren’t glued to screens for their formative lives, who had riotous imaginations, and could read so quick that everyone thought they were pretty darn smart.

As an adult it’s meant that I never run out of things to do – when bored, I can just pick up a book and be transported to another life, another world. This is especially good when your home country is a 24+hour flight to the other side of the world – it gives you a lot of down time stuck in the restricted confines of a plane.

That’s not too bad, 49/100 (19/08/13) which is an update from 39/100 (EDIT: 51/100 27/12/13). My goal for the 101 in 1001 is 60, so I’m swiftly approaching it and have ordered another few from the list. Do you think I can count the TV Series’ that I’ve watched – the Thorn Birds in particular?

What do you recommend I read next? Are there any of your favourites that are missing?Are there any you wouldn’t read?(Please note any links to Amazon are through my Amazon Associates account, which means I make a little money (less than 5%) from any purchases made after clicking through these links and it adds nothing to the price of your book. This helps support my book addiction, so if you are interested in buying the book, please click through the top link)

Kia ora, welcome, welcome!

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